Obama’s New Executive Order Against N. Korea Numbered 13722

An executive order recently issued by United States President Barack Obama imposing fresh sanctions against North Korea has been numbered 13722.

Washington said on Saturday in a notice on its Federal Register website that Obama imposed new sanctions in Executive Order 13722 in order to block property of the North Korean government and the Workers’ Party and prohibit certain transactions with respect to North Korea.

The new executive order is a kind of ordinance to enforce the North Korea Sanctions Enhancement Act, which was passed by the U.S. Senate and the House last month. The order also supplements the United Nations Security Council resolution 2270 adopted on March 2.

The executive order bans the exportation of workers from North Korea to generate revenue for the North Korean government. It also targets the North’s mineral trade, human rights violations, cyber terrorism and censorship, and bans exporting to and investing in North Korea.

It also proposes penalties on banks and firms in third countries that aid the regime, known widely as secondary boycotts.